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Social Media Overtakes Print Newspapers as News Source

PRSay

For the first time, social media has surpassed print newspapers as a news source for Americans, Pew Research Center finds. adults said they often get news from social media, compared to 16 percent from print newspapers. Television remains the most popular way Americans receive news, though its use has fallen since 2016.

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Pew Study Finds Americans Still Prefer Watching to Reading the News

PRSay

A new survey from Pew Research Center revealed that Americans prefer to watch the news rather than read it by a ratio of 47 to 34 percent, marking only a minimal change from 2016’s study, which tallied 46 percent of respondents as news-watchers to 35 percent as news-readers. Radio is still a popular medium.

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The #PRStudChat Community Discusses PR, Twitter & Politics on Tuesday, October 11th

Deirdre Breakenridge

With the 2016 Presidential Election Campaign being coined “The Twitter Election” there is no question that Twitter is topical. On Tuesday, October 11, 2016, at 8:30 p.m. There is a lot to learn (and will be learned) from this mainstream news channel.

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Online Newsrooms: the Secret Sauce for Media Relations

The Proactive Report

newspaper industry into a tailspin and the pressures facing America’s newsrooms have intensified to nothing less than a reorganization of the industry itself, one that impacts the experiences of even those news consumers unaware of the tectonic shifts taking place.” ” Pew Stateo f the Media 2016.

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MediaPulse | A Weekly Media Round-Up

Cision

Here’s the top media industry stories we’re following this week: The Big News: Mass shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon prompts further discussion over gun control ( The Oregonian ); NASA finds water on the red planet, begging the question, is there life on Mars ? VIP List: Liz Heron is The Huffington Post ‘s new no.

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3 Ways to Reach Campus Media with Content They Care About

Beyond PR

You know this generation – the most likely to own a smartphone (89%); least likely to listen to the radio (at least in the traditional sense) (31%); and most likely to shop online (53%), all according to a guide from students at the University of Southern California’s online MS in applied psychology – and they’d know; they are students, after all.

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How PR can help restore public trust in the media

Barokas

According to a late 2016 Gallup poll , only 32% of respondents had a “great deal or fair amount of trust in the media.” Newspapers, nightly newscasts, radio shows and numerous other mediums are our partners in storytelling. CNN’s Brian Stelter gave a heartfelt plea after the election on the importance of standing up for truth.